New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-13
THE FAST sLOOP FROM cay RIDGE
WHAT HAS INCREASED HER SPEED.

SHE WILL PROBABLY TRY CONCLUSIONS SOON
WITH TIE BOSTON BOATS.
The uniform success of the big Bay Ridge sloop At
antic in her three races with the Gaatea and Pris
ella during the last week. has given yachtsmen plenty
10 talk about, and most of them are wondering wnat
has made her SO speedy. Ex-Commodore Latham.A'
Fish owner OF the schooner Grayiing' VINO mas oeep
at err wheel In oil OF the races, anu VINO 10 peeVed 10
be her owner although she is entered under the names
of T. c. Romans and d. NJ. Chaunoey, says that she
never could 20 before because she was anchored
This Is q nautical way of saying that she was over
baIIasted. The few changes that were made In her
last soriua were suggested by Mr. Fish, and 1t Is APP
parent TINT be had pretty good idea OF what was the
matter with her. The most radical alteration and the
one which In all probability made her 30 muoh faster
than the other New-York boats OF her size, was the
taking ont of sixteen tons OF inside paliasing ana
balancing her Just as we'll and even better-with
seven tons of lead in keel. Thus she has become
compromise boat OF the kind which naval architects
say is a natural result OF competitions between
American skimming dishes" and English cutters
With tbis alteration, seemingly slight. the Atlantic
has won the name of being the fastest soop In New
YORK waters Although the races on Tuesday and
Thursday are spoken OF hukes," what advantages
she gained were due partly to her superior handling
and partly to her ability to outsI her ana
not solely good luck as has been limited In satur
days race, however, all the BOATS nag equal opRor
tunties. and 1t was then that the rride Oh pay
Rdgen sho we'd beyond all question, that she Is at
ie,s9 ten minutes faster on forty-me course than
the Priscilla or Gaiatea Whether she can beat the
Mayfower aud Puritan Is still OF course maI.or Oh
of meeting them In the Eastern Yacht Clubs regatta.
In which Il now seems likely that She as well as tho
Galatea ana Priscilla, will participate.
Ths altogether unexpected victory oil the second
class sloop Tiania i'll the Seawanhaka regatta merely
goes to show how simple it is to msjudge the eapab
ties of a new yacht In light airs this boat made
poor showing. indeed, and although trihe larger
than the Shamrock did not seem faSt enough tn be
nnt in the same class with her When the Iitana was
To- lnNe
keep her plSn sails rap " full, shc made showing
which her bigger sisters OF the Burgess family might
wall he proud OF Before halt gale OF wind she made
better record in the from the Sandy Hook Light
ship to the Point OF the Hook than any oil the brst-
class boats and defeated the shamrock even worse
than the latter had defeated her In their previous
races Her last performance makes the result OF The
match race on July between her and j. Rogers Max.
Wells boat a matter oil speculation IL there Is sim
breeze aud bit OF Jump On the sea-, wager on
the Ttania would be petty safe; but WIN lght VINES
and smooth water money placed on the shamrock
would probably be doubled. Both OF these boats,
together with the Bedouin Gracie and Fanny oil the
same class are slated to start IN tho Eastern races
The Eastern Yacht Clubs regatta occurs OIL Halt
vay Rock ON June IL and Is open TO all schooner
yachts over fifty feet long at the load wIterne, ana
all sloops over forty feet long. The course lot the
large boats will be equilatera triangle ana thIr
siy nautical miles in length. The start will be made
AZ IL o'clock from 70 stakeboat one-third OF mile
from Hallway Rock. and tht yaehts VIII san Twelve
miles to loains mark anchored one nan hor T.S,
twelve miles east OF the buoy and twelve
mi o. southeast by south IRON Hallway Rock,
and baek TO the stakeboat The prize tor frstcass
scho,ners will lie $50 second-elass. Sl25 third
class $50; Tor fret class sloops. SOD; second
class. $50: third class, so, aud four.hclas'' SJO
Entries close at 2 q. III. June 20.
With the Atlantic. Galatea md the big yawl
C,thera entered in class, and the liedonin and
Stranger and possibly the Ttania ana Shamrock IN
another the frat annual of the COtintbian acht
Club to-day il sure attract considerable attention.
One OF the novelties introduced by this Organization
il the giving of three prizes of equal value In each
class one 10 he awarded to the winning yacht on a
rating OF sai-area another rating OF Dad water
line length and third on rating OF load waier-ine
lenqth and .ail-area combined. The object OF this
variety OF ratings 10 test the values OF EACH and
thus ascertain through comparisons which gives the
faires result in actual prhotce. The conrse Tor the
large boats will be practically the same as that OF the
New York Yacht Club. The start will ne made from
of Fort wadsworth ut 1890 -. m. The entries do
not close until o o'clock this morning. The boats
thus far entered are: